Increased survival of experimentally evolved antimicrobial peptide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an animal host

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 905-912

  Dobson, Adam J ^a,b   Purves, Joanne ^a,c   Rolff, Jens ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental evolution; Immunity; Pathogenecity; Resistance evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908068515     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12184     Document Type: Article

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